Do you have a home coffee roaster? The popular proverb that says, “history repeats itself” has never been truer than in coffee roasting. In the olden days, it was natural for people to roast coffee right at their very homes, using the good old skillet to turn some green coffee beans into flavorful and fresh black coffee roast. The special domestic touch truly adds to the tasty experience of drinking cup after cup of coffee, and old America knew of only one way to have its coffee.

Over time however, the industrial revolution shortened time for most people, and coffee drinkers and lovers found themselves unable to spare the time in roasting their coffee. As a result, home coffee roasting slowly became impractical and people began filling their cupboards with roasted coffee instead of coffee beans. In addition, the 19th century also ushered the development of several electrical appliances and gadgets, and coffee drinkers and lovers inevitably replaced the skillet with commercial coffee roasters. With coffee ready at the push of a button, home coffee roasting then became a thing of the past, an obsolete practice best experienced vicariously immersed in history books, not in the kitchen area. Thankfully however, today’s generation of coffee drinkers and coffee lovers are going back to tradition, and home coffee roasting is first on the list.

The Good Old Skillet as a Home Coffee Roaster

The love and passion for home coffee roasting is like an epidemic catching on. To do some home coffee roasting yourself, you must have the basic tools on hand: a good old skillet and a lid to cover it, some choice green coffee beans, a thermometer, and two metal colanders. Of course, you must also remember to observe cleanliness and safety measures when cooking. Some oven mitts and dish towels would certainly come in handy as you take on the role of master roaster.

With the tools and the coffee beans all prepared, begin the procedure by turning on the stove and the fan, heating the pan up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour just enough coffee beans to cover the bottom of the pan, with a just a tad extra pinch.

Cover the pan with the lid, and shake the pan frequently so as to get an even roast. The gauge for having the beans cooked is the sound of a crack, and when you hear the very first one, that is an indication that you only have five (5) minutes more to go before reaching a perfect roast.

However, if you go for a stronger coffee taste, a darker roast would do, but this entails waiting for the second crack. Whether you go for the first crack or the second crack, turn off the stove, remove the lid and place the hot beans onto the colander to cool them off. Use the two colanders to cool the beans off evenly. Put the beans aside in a dry, cool place and let them stand overnight.

In the morning, your coffee beans are ready for grinding and brewing. According to coffee experts, the roast is in its perfect state one to six days after having it roasted.

Finally, your taste buds will get to feast on the rich taste and special texture of home-roasted coffee, a concoction that your ancestors loved so much, and surely recommended with all their heart!

You cannot imagine, for the life of you, how a morning or an afternoon without coffee would be like. Just the thought of giving up your cup of caffeine could make you sweat, could make your pulse race and could make you hyperventilate. Really, it’s like having a panic attack and you have got another health problem on your hands!

So then you do drink your coffee, and after your taste buds have had a rockin’ great time, you feel the familiar symptoms yet again. The pain rises like a cloud from your stomach, settling in your chest; or your sensitive stomach starts to vibrate with a nagging feeling of queasiness. Painful moment like these make you promise to give up on your coffee, but you know you’d end up breaking such a promise anyway.

Coffee acidity pertains to the bright and dry flavor in the mouth after getting a sip or two. For some types of coffee like the espresso, darker roasts mean lesser acidity; unfortunately, it also means lesser tastefulness and aroma.

Thankfully, with Low Acid Coffee, you wouldn’t have to think twice about brewing a pot!

Having low acid coffee on your breakfast table is quite easy. You have two options. Firstly, you could just buy any low acid coffee product and brew all you want. The second option is that you could brew your current coffee stash in a different way, so you’d be downplaying its acidity.

With the first option, all you have to do is to order low acid coffee from any online coffee store, and after your heavenly product would be delivered to you, you could right away brew a pot and drink cup after cup of caffeine without worrying about heartburn or gastric pain later. If you don’t like doing online shopping, do some exploring on the coffee aisle the next time you shop for groceries. Chances are, low acid coffee products would be ready for the picking! If your neighborhood convenience store or grocery do not have such a coffee product in their roster, you could always go to specialty coffee stores and take your pick there.

The second option meanwhile, is for people who can’t afford to part with their precious coffee stash in the cupboard. To make use of your coffee and not give it away, or worse, throw it out, you could use a coffee recipe that decreases the acidity in your brew. One recipe for example, entails soaking the coffee grounds with water for twelve hours, straining the coffee liquid afterwards, and then mixing it with milk. This downplays the antagonistic acid in your pot. This option would you make you feel quite the coffee chef, because with your very own hands and right there in your very own kitchen, a pot of low acid coffee is successfully made.

You can have coffee in your life, even if you do not have the stomach for it. All it takes is finding the right mix of low acid coffee, or having the time to concoct your very own pot, with a little help from the kitchen gods.

Having a drink of superior coffee is like partaking the drink of the gods. Imagine having ambrosia in Olympus, and one could readily feel invincible after each sip, very much like Zeus privileged to do anything with his mighty divine hands.  The delicious aroma and the exquisite flavor of superior coffee are truly powerful enough to either kick start one’s day just right with a tasteful spunk, or to invigorate one’s tired self in the middle of a crazy day, with flavorful relish.

Make Sure it’s Superior

This divine moment can only be experienced, however, with superior coffee. Only coffee with great quality could inspire such a privileged moment, so that it is important to know how to pick the right product or the right brand for a discriminating taste.

Firstly, one has to determine how much time and energy could be spent in drinking a divine cup or two. If time and energy are not a problem, it is best to purchase whole coffee beans and grind them at home.  This way, the coffee drinker gets to choose the kind of grind he or she prefers and how much is just enough for one pot.   However, if one prefers to skip the grinding and to just start brewing right away, choosing superior ground coffee is the best way to go.

Secondly, one has to know what coffee to look for. In looking for superior coffee beans, the only variety worth mentioning is Arabica beans.  With its incredible flavor, delightful aroma and strong kick, Arabica beans make the perfect ambrosial cup of coffee.  One must stay away from its nemesis, the Robusta variety, which is the inferior kind used by doughnut shops and convenience stores. Chosen primarily for its low cost and its strong caffeine jolt, the poor taste of Robusta beans makes it unpopular among coffee lovers.

In looking for the best kind of ground coffee, the key is minding the color intensity of the coffee powder. It is believed that darker powders always taste better.  The kind of grind, meanwhile, matters only if one is particular about the compatibility between the coffee maker and the coffee. For example, standard drip machines work perfectly with medium grind, while espresso machines work great with the fine grind.

Thirdly, one must be open to possibilities. Superior coffee is distinguished from low grade ones with these three aspects: how bitter it tastes, how consistent its liquid is, and how fragrant it smells. Superior coffee must have all three aspects notable in the brew.

Fourthly, it is important for coffee lovers to experiment. The type of grind and the strength of the brew matters in concocting a great mix. The key is to never wanting a palate adventure with great –tasting coffee.

Finally, if one loves gourmet coffee and has no patience for grinding beans and brewing powder, one quick stop at a gourmet coffee shop is all that’s needed, and one could immediately enjoy a superior, delicious brew.